Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1913 — GOLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

GOLLEGEVILLE.

Sunday evening the CL L. 8/will render the regular St; Patrick’s day program. Coming into the Raster, time, the observance has been postponed until after Easter. -* The Varsity basketball team suffered its second defeat of the season when they were overcome by the Whiting high school team on the latters* floor by the score of 35 to 26. It was any body’s game until the last whistle sounded. The Varsity started off strong in the first half, but slowed down and when the period was over the Whiting boys were leading by four points. In the second period they soon tied the score and obtained a comfortable lead, but the feeling of security that this lead gave them was their undoing, for the locals in a wild rush began to pile up scores near the end of the game, and before the Varsity could come back at them the time was over. It was a case of Coach K. L. Stockton again Coach Stockton, who was also the referee of the game. It was a hard game to lose, but if games must be lost it is preferable to lose to your own coach’s team than to any other. The local basketball season came to a close last Bunday afternoon when the II Latins defeated the II Latins and thereby obtained the championship honors of the college league for the present season. The same team won the title last season. On Tuesday afternoon the league champions essayed to try their metal against the Varsity and in thirty minutes of play they secured hut three field goals while the Reps were gathering in forty-seven points. In the Academic League the .title was won by the Shamrocks, in the Junior by the Blue Bells, and in the Minim by the Owls. The acrobats crowned themselves with glory last Sunday evening when they rendered the most interesting performance of that nature that has yet been given at the college. A continuous rotation of gymnastic feats to an unending flow of music delighted the audience for two hours; and the general*request

for a reproduction of the entertainment at some future date speaks well for the splendid mood in which it was received. The work included work on the horizontal bars, parallel bars, tumbling and pyramid building. The last was especially attractive, both because it was the first time human pyramids were attempted, and also because of the perfection in which they were accomplished. T. Fettig was the star performer, closely seconded by M. Petzold. The work of the three jolly clowns kept the audience in a continuous roar of laughter, and the precision of the dumb-bell artists pleasantly paved the way for the entire performance. Several very delightful songs were given by the glee club. The meihbers of this organization are preparing for the rendition of a May festival that promises to be of an exceptional high order.